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team from

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History

The club was founded under the name Veszprém Vasas in 1966, but went through a name evolution during the years. It has been changed to Bakony Vasas and Bakony Vegyész later, after the nearby mountain

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. The team enjoyed their best spell from the late 60's to the early 80's, having won the championship title once and being runners-up five times. That time the club had players like the World Cup winner

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Borbála Tóth Harsányi Borbála Tóth Harsányi (born 8 August 1946 in Debrecen) is a former Hungarian handball player and Olympic medalist. She has a younger sister, Katalin Tóth Harsányi Katalin Laki (née Tóth Harsányi; born 2 April 1948 ...

and her sister

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, who have won bronze medal on the

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in Montréal. In the late eighties, due to the lack of financials the team slowly decreased, and got relegated to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B in 1986. Five years later they suffered a further level drop, having won only one game in their second division campaign that season. They played in county level until the club's revival in 2002. That time Árpád Barabás stood behind the club and granted the financial background. One year later, in 2003, they promoted to NB II and in 2009 they have finally climbed back to the top division. In the 2011–12 season, after some of the sponsors stepped down, Veszprém faced a financial crisis, following they let their key players to go. For a brief period it was not even sure whether they can maintain their top division membership, despite being mid-table team. Finally in May 2012 the club signed a co-operation agreement with Győri Audi ETO KC for a period of three years, according to which Győr delegate 14 players to Veszprém, all of whom played for the second division winning team of ETO 2 in the previous season. Since the farm teams are not eligible for promotion, this move ensures the continuous development of the Győr youngsters and in the same time Veszprém can further run a top-flight team. The sides also agreed upon that

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, head coach of the Győri Audi ETO 2 and the Hungarian women's junior national team takes the managerial duties. The club also solved the financial problems by acquiring a new main sponsor, Duna Takarék, altering their name to Veszprém Barabás Duna Takarék KC. After two years, ETO moved the club and the NB I starting right to Mosonmagyaróvár. This is when the history of the Mosonmagyaróvár Handball Club began. Veszprém Barabás KC was closed down in 2014.

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Results

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: **''Gold:'' 1970 **''Silver:'' 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1983 **''Bronze:'' 1968, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1984 *

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: **''Winners:'' 1973, 1984

Former notable players

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Gabriella Juhász Gabriella Juhász (born 19 March 1985) is a retired Hungarian handballer. Juhász made her international debut on 3 March 2007 against Norway, and participated on the 2009 World Championship. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner' ...

* Ivett Nagy *

Míra Emberovics Míra Emberovics (born 29 July 1988 in Pécs) is a former Hungarian team handball, handballer. Emberovics previously played for Veszprém Barabás KC, having joined the club in the summer of 2010, after agreed a mutual termination over her con ...

* Ibolya Mehlmann *

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Szilvia Ábrahám Szilvia Ábrahám (born 1 August 1983 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian people, Hungarian Team handball, handballer who played for the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team. Career Ábrahám had swum competitively ...

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Annamária Király Annamária Király (born 29 August 1985) is a retired Hungarian team handball goalkeeper. Achievements *EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) sin ...

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Vivien Víg Vivien Víg (born 27 February 1991 in Pécs) is a Hungarian team handball goalkeeper who plays for Kozármisleny. She was member of the Hungarian team, which finished second on the Junior European Championship in 2009. In addition, thanks to he ...

Judit Veszeli Judit Veszeli (born 3 March 1978 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian team handball player, who was the top scorer of the Hungarian top division in the 2006–2007 season. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Bronze Medalist'': 1998 *Mag ...

Szimonetta Planéta Szimonetta Planéta (born 12 December 1993) is a Hungarian handballer for Polish club MKS Lublin and the Hungarian national team. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012 *Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012, ...

Zsófi Szemerey Zsófi Szemerey (born 2 June 1994) is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Hungarian national team. She represented Hungary at two European Championship (2022, 2024), and two World Championship (2021, 2023) tour ...

Eszter Tóth Eszter Tóth (born 27 October 1992) is a Hungarian handballer for Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE and the Hungarian national team. She represented Hungary at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Wi ...

* Gabriella Tóth * Szabina Mayer *

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Krisztina Triscsuk Krisztina Triscsuk (; ; born 17 July 1985) is a retired Russian-Hungarian handballer for Alba Fehérvár KC. Since January 2024 she has been the sporting director at Alba Fehérvár KC. Club Career Triscsuk played until 2004 for the Russian te ...

* Veronika Farkas * Renáta Gerstmár * Kitti Hoffmann * Kata Földes * Alžbeta Polláková

Coaching history

* János Gyurka (2009–2012) *

(2012–2014)

References

External links

Official website of Veszprém Barabás KC
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